Decision making techniques
Featured in the The Essentials of Management training manual
By Eddie Davies
Category: Management
Credit price: 4 download credits (Single user)
By using a systematic approach to decision making you can ensure results are achieved.
You start the training activity by leading a discussion which establishes what is meant by decision making and how it fits into a manager’s remit to achieve results. The participants are encouraged to think about how they currently carry out the decision making process and then compare their approach with our model of the systematic approach. You facilitate the participants’ development through a series of exercises which introduce decision making concepts, and then give them an opportunity to try each out in practice. During all these exercises, the participants work in small groups focusing on a real work-
Who is it for: This training activity is intended for use by trainers to help participants improve their decision making techniques.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 03:10:00 |
| No of Pages: | 23 |
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Purpose: This training activity is intended for use by trainers at the early stages of any development programme that aims to develop managerial skills with its primary focus on decision making techniques. Although it can stand alone, it will work best if it is run after ‘Oriented to the future’, which gives an in-depth introduction to establishing the main purpose of the job and how to write effective objectives. The training activity has been used on such courses as achieving results, introduction to management, project management, stress management, team leadership, and time management.
Download the training activity, Decision making techniques as featured in the Fenman training manual; The Essentials of Management